Lea & Perrin's Stopper [lid]

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Dublin Core

Title

Lea & Perrin's Stopper [lid]

Identifier

Item Sm.155

Description

Aqua glass (clear green glass) stopper for sauce bottle, with the following embossed legend:
'LEA & PERRINS'
The stopper would originally have had a cork collar.

Creator

Lea & Perrins & Co., [Worcester, England]

Subject

Glassware;
Food & Drink.

Date

1840 -

Source

Old Smithfield township

Publisher

Private collection

Contributor

Lea & Perrins started in Worcester, England in 1837, when local chemists John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins fermented barley malt vinegar, sugar and molasses for 18 months and sold the condiment as Lea & Perrin's Worcestershire Sauce.

Lea & Perrins sauce was imported from England - it was never made locally. George Raff & Co. and R. Armour & Co. were the Queensland (Brisbane) import agents. Bottles of Lea & Perrins were sold at Smithfield in the 1870s at a cost of 1s/6d a bottle or 16s/ per dozen.


Advertisement for Lea & Perrins sauce, Queensland 1870, informing buyers that foreign markts had been supplied with counterfeit bottles of Worcestershire Sauce. Only the genuine brand had 'Lea & Perrins' stamped on the wrapper, labels, stopper and bottle.

Format

Material: Glassware 
Buried item
Diagnostic: Yes
Weight: 14 g
Diameter: 27 mm

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

165138S1454201E
Old Smithfield township, Barron QLD 4871
Colonial Queensland
1870s

Rights

© 2021 oldsmithfield.com

Relation

Similar items found at Old Smithfield township include:

Aqua Glass Stopper [lid]

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Aqua glass (clear green glass) stopper for a bottle, possibly a sauce bottle. No markings or other details.

Geolocation

Citation (Chicago 17 Style)

Lea & Perrins & Co., [Worcester, England], “Lea & Perrin's Stopper [lid],” 1840 -, Item Sm.155, Private collection, https://oldsmithfield.com/omeka/items/show/40.

Item Relations

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